Cape of Good Hope

Good Hope, Cape of:

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Cape of Good Hope

(also Cape of Storms; in Portuguese, Cabo das Tormentas), a rocky cape in southern Africa at 34° 21’ S lat. and 18° 30’ E long. The cape was first reached in 1488 by the Portuguese navigator B. Diaz, who named it Cape of Storms (Stormy Cape). The Portuguese king, John II, renamed it Cape of Good Hope (referring to the hope of reaching India from there).

Star performance Stanley Rigby was game as he completed a five-timer in the 1m3f handicap Quote of the day 1 "He's a bit of a monkey but loves it here and now has five course wins" - Roy Brotherton, trainer of Cape Of Storms Quote of the day 2 "We're living the dream right now" - owner Eric Averkiou after Reachforthebucks trotted up in the 1m handicap Results and analysis start page 73

He showed fair form for Clive Cox last year, making the frame in two of his three starts, and doesn't appear to have much to worry about here with the possible exception of Cape of Storms who has the benefit of a recent run when making a satisfactory debut at Lingfield.

CAPE OF STORMS had finished second on five of his seven most recent starts before yesterday's 7f handicap at Wolverhampton, but the string of near-misses didn't put off some in-running punters as he was backed down to 1.

Given some of the grounds for that opposition to Chia, it might seem strange to even mention Cape Of Storms as even a possible bet in the 6f handicap at Southwell, because he has had 23 starts and won none of them.

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